Salcantay

[ sal-kuhn-tahy; Spanish sahl-kahn-tahy ]

noun

1. a mountain in the Andes in S central Peru: highest peak in the Cordillera Vilcabamba. 20,574 feet (6,271 meters).

Example Sentences

Just after dawn the next day, I climbed the trail to an ancient viewing platform, and was stunned to see the immense 20,000-foot face of Salcantay, one of the holiest apus, or sacred mountains, in the Incas' pantheistic cosmology, which revered the natural world.

From Time

In recent months, two major expeditions have been preparing assaults on the spectacular snowcrest of Salcantay, 20,551 ft. above sea level.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week, while the big parties were still flexing their muscles, Lima learned that two Swiss mountaineers, traveling light, had grabbed off the honors for the first ascent of Salcantay.

From Time Magazine Archive

Getting ready for Salcantay, blond Marcus Broennimann, 28, a mining engineer, and leathery Felix Marx, 48, a foundry technician, bought 1,600 ft. of rope, feather-lined suits, three tents, sleeping bags, canned milk, chocolate, dried fruit and special concentrated food.

From Time Magazine Archive

It took two days of climbing to reach the 15,000-ft. level on Salcantay's eastern face�and they were immediately snowed in for three days.

From Time Magazine Archive